rotten ripe
adjective
Ripe to a degree approaching rottenness; extremely ripe; overripe; frequently figurative.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Anne Bacon (c1528–1610), gentlewoman and scholar.
- questionist
- questionless
- question mark
- question master
- questionnaire
- question period
- question-pitch
- questions and commands
- question-stop
- question tag
- question time
- question-wise
- question word
- questman
- questmonger
- questor
- eastern hemisphere
- eastern hemlock
- Easternism
- easternly
- easternmost
- easternness
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- eastern panther
- eastern quamash